UPDATE: 7,000+ views on Twitter/X & Facebook My Waco finale from the 1994 Second Amendment Rally at the Lincoln Memorial. “The federal government’s assault on gun owners is part of a general attack on the people’s rights and liberties.” Text: Here we are, barely a year after Waco, and when the federal reports […]
My 1996 speech on Lost Rights & Government Tyranny at the Stanford University Hoover Institute. I discussed asset forfeiture outrages, zoning tyranny, affirmative action absurdities, Ruby Ridge and Waco, and all-round federal oppression. Here’s a link to my 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, discussed in this speech.
Hi, I’m Jim Bovard. I’m a journalist and a writer. I write about the gun issue. It’s always good to see a journalist we’re popular here. I’m gonna be talking about the ban on the assault weapons. This is the most important part of the crime bill to President Clinton and, but people forget […]
Consenting to Endless Coercion by James Bovard Presidents perennially claim that they possess their power thanks to “the consent of the governed.” This phrase, a signature line of the Declaration of Independence, has echoed in official declarations ever since Jefferson’s time. President Harry Truman assured Congress in 1952, “No government can be invested with a […]
Cynicism Redeemed: My 2025 Epigrams by James Bovard 2025 was another great year for scoffing at politicians and Washington. Here are some of the zestiest lines from articles I wrote last year. Trump Returns “Trump’s economic victory proclamations are akin to a bad magician whose tricks are so lame that his audience starts to heckle […]
Reposted on ZERO HEDGE, Eurasia, QOSHE, BeforeItsNews, ThePatriotLight, Burning Platform, OneNewsPage, Waco, Epstein, and Washington’s War on Truth by James Bovard, Counterpunch July 25, 2025 Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995. […]
Waco and the Death of Congressional Oversight by James Bovard, July 22, 2025 How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995. Thirty summers ago, Washington was fixated by a Capitol Hill showdown over the greatest federal abuse of power […]
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Trump caused this. Do Not Forget.
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